Debt management ratios measure the extent to which a firm uses financial leverage and the degree of safety afforded to creditors . They include the: (1) Debt-to-capital ratio, (2) Times interest earned ratio (TIE), and (3) EBITDA coverage ratio. The first ratio analyzes debt by looking at the firm's balance sheet , while the last two ratios analyze debt by looking at the firm's income statement . The debt-to-capital ratio measures the percentage of funds provided by -Select- . Its equation is: